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Petraeus has been defeated in both the Afghan and Iraq wars.Col. (ret.) Douglas MacGregor was critical of David Petraeus’s assessment of the Ukraine War and said it seems that the former top general is “divorced from reality.” MacGregor appeared on Jude Andrew Napolitano’s “Judging Freedom,” and was shown a recent Petraeus interview on Fox News. Once again, Petraeus tried to describe a losing effort by the Russians. “He’s [Putin] tried everything that he can that would be domestically palatable — mobilized additional forces — it’s not going well…they aren’t training or equipping them adequately at all,” Petraeus said. MacGregor said...

Published December 25, 2022 9:16pm EST Endangered Cuban crocodile found dead at National Zoo after apparently chewing on electric equipment There are only about 3,000 purebred Cuban crocodiles in the wild Paul Best | Fox News Family of alligators found in Detroit home during eviction Detroit Animal Care and Control was called in to help remove several alligators including three baby gators inside a tank. A critically endangered Cuban crocodile was found dead in its enclosure at the National Zoo on Dec. 17 after apparently chewing into electric equipment. The crocodile, a 10-year-old male who was hatched at the Smithsonian’s...

Published December 19, 2022 12:32am EST Two Florida women arrested after allegedly running 'traveling drug roadshow' Juanita Rose Fluckes and Lauren Ashley Rosetti were expecting to land a lucrative drug sale when they were arrested.' Two Florida women were taken into custody on drug charges after attempting to bring their "traveling drug roadshow" to South Florida, according to authorities. Juanita Rose Fluckes, 25, and Lauren Ashley Rosetti, 32, were identified by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as key suspects in the ongoing sale and distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Treasure Coast area. Detectives arrested the women Friday night,...

Christmas without husband, father and friend for Sumterville family By Erin Murray Sumter County PUBLISHED 5:00 PM ET Dec. 25, 2022 SUMTERVILLE, Fla. – In the Ray household, three words are held on high – especially at Christmas. Donny Ray was killed while riding his motorcycle to work in March Family members regularly visit his grave at the Florida National Cemetery The cemetery is more than just a final resting place, it’s where he worked for the last 11 years Donny’s family said there were two charities that support veterans close to his heart, 22 A Day and K9 for...

The remains of P-22, the famous mountain lion who roamed the Hollywood Hills for more than a decade, have been transported to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. What happens next, however, is unclear. Museum officials were joined by descendants from several Native American tribes who led a blessing ceremony Friday “welcome P-22 back to his homeland” from the San Diego Zoo where he was euthanized last weekend, the museum posted to Twitter. “Right now, we are in dialogue with Native communities, including multiple Chumash and Tongva Tribes, to help navigate this unprecedented situation,” NHM said. Southern California’s...

“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly” (Proverbs 26:22).

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A nonprofit that pays bail for arrested individuals has shut down its Las Vegas chapter after freeing a man who went on to nearly kill a waiter The Bail Project paid a $3,000 bail for Rawshawn Gaston-Anderson, 24 in December 2021 after he was arrested for burglary and theft Six days later, the man opened fire on an Asian waiter, shooting him seven times Gaston-Anderson pleaded guilty and will serve seven to 18 years in prison The Bail Project is backed by actors Richard Branson, Danny Glover, and John Legend By FOR A celebrity-backed woke bail fund has shuttered after...

Proposed carbon capture projects continue to draw controversy and public backlash in Louisiana, but Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards remained adamant this week that the practice is a “safe” way to reduce the state’s industrial emissions. About 50 Louisiana residents traveled to Baton Rouge on Tuesday to speak in opposition to a global gas supply company’s application for a test well permit in Lake Maurepas, where they plan to store carbon dioxide underground, The Advocate reported. Most speakers at the hearing demanded that the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources pause approval of Air Products’ project until the company releases an...

​China’s foreign minister signaled in a speech Sunday that Beijing would bolster its ties with Russia in the coming year, while defending the communist country’s impartiality on the war in Ukraine. ​ Wang Yi​, ​speaking by video to a conference in the Chinese capital, ​said China would ​​“deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation” with Russia.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump‘s influence is waning, reiterating his blame towards his political foe for GOP shortcomings in the midterms. Mr. McConnell, who has had an increasingly strained relationship with Mr. Trump since the 2021 Capitol riot, said Mr. Trump helped cast voters an unappealing image of the Republican Party that broke the trust of the electorate. “We lost support that we needed among independents and moderate Republicans, primarily related to the view they had of us as a party — largely made by the former president — that we were sort of nasty...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dispatched the army chief on Sunday night to the border with Kosovo, General Milan Mojsilovic himself announced, as strained relations between the two countries were exacerbated by recent blockades. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade refuses to recognise the move and encourages the remaining 120,000 Serbs to defy Pristina's authority. .... Shots fired near NATO forces in northern Kosovo as tensions remain high - report https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/shots-fired-near-nato-forces-in-northern-kosovo-as-tensions-remain-high-report/ar-AA15ECsM

“Lights, please.” For half a century, it’s been one of the most significant phrases in American Christianity. A prelude to something sacred in an unlikely place: the Gospel of Luke, King James translation, as recited by Linus van Pelt in A Charlie Brown Christmas. My parents were atheists; I knew almost nothing about Christianity as a child, although I got the lay of the land when I was sent to Catholic school in sixth grade. Before that, my parents—especially my mother—actively worked to keep me and my sister free from religion, Christianity in particular. But we had our gods. Santa...

One America News host Chanel Rion interviewed President Trump last week about a variety of current events including the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the election lawsuit in Arizona and the release of Twitter File information showing the FBI working against his 2020 reelection effort. {Direct Rumble Link} The overall interview is interesting from the perspective of a brief glimpse into how President Trump is absorbing the current revelations and the situation our nation is facing. In the unique way that only Trump can summarize, he cuts to the core truth of the 2020 election in the statement, “think of it, the government...

12 people are now reported dead in the Buffalo, New York area (Erie County) because of a blizzard... Six people dead and two hurt when a bus went off a bridge and into an overflowing river... 43 Chinese warplanes flying across the median line in the Taiwan Strait coming close to Taiwan. This happened in a 24-hour period. In all Taiwan tracked 71 warplanes and seven ships from China in its vicinity... In Kosovo tonight the NATO military force KFOR denies any fighting between it and Serbs in Kosovo... Israel grounding its F-35I fighter jets... "Of course we'll take them...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind. 'And this is the Confidence that we have in Him, that, if we Ask Anything According to His Will, He Heareth us.' 1 John 5:14Isaiah 43:3I Am...

Philosophers seeking to answer questions around inequality in household labour and the invisibility of women's work in the home have proposed a new theory -- that men and women are trained by society to see different possibilities for action in the same domestic environment. They say a view called "affordance theory" -- that we experience objects and situations as having actions implicitly attached -- underwrites the age-old gender disparity when it comes to the myriad mundane tasks of daily home maintenance. For example, women may look at a surface and see an implied action -- 'to be wiped' -- whereas...

IN BRIEF Sundar Pichai is apparently all in a pickle over OpenAI's ChatGPT engine, and is gearing up Google to meet the perceived threat. According to an internal memo seen by the New York Times, Pichai has "upended the work of numerous groups inside the company to respond to the threat that ChatGPT," and is plucking staff from other divisions to meet the threat to the OpenAI's plans. It's reportedly considered a "Code Red" for the Chocolate Factory. At issue is whether Google's core product, search, will be displaced by AI systems that can give more accurate research results, and...

When Andre Audette first arrived at Notre Dame for grad school, he got a brochure about living in South Bend, Indiana. That brochure included a section on churches and advice on which Catholic parish to attend if you were conservative and which to attend if you were liberal.While Audette ignored the brochure’s advice — choosing a different parish altogether — the link between church shopping and politics stuck with him.“I found that kind of fascinating,” said Audette, now an assistant professor of political science at Monmouth College in Central Illinois. Audette is co-author of a new study on the role...

The blizzard ended Christmas morning, but the emergency was far from over. With first responders in Buffalo and the Northtowns finally able to start maneuvering, the devastation from the fierce winter storm that battered the region with gale force winds, lake-effect snow and bitter subfreezing temperatures was coming to light. Sister says Buffalo man died in the blizzard on his 56th birthday On Day 3 of the storm, desperation was growing. At least 17 people were dead, and authorities said there was no question that the death toll would increase.